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Show I, Hawks shock Templars in MT. PLEASAN- T- The Manti Templars took an early lead in the first quarter but the North Sanpete Hawks came soaring back early in the second quarter to take a slim 39-3- 6 win North Sanpete will be back in Hawk Country again this week when they host the Grand County Red Devils Tip off time is set for 7:30 p m It was the barn typical full-hous- e burner that Hawk-Templa- r en- counters have traditionally become With Manti up at the end of the first quarter Scott Cook tied it up 10-- 8 with two from the free throw line. Then Manti's Kurt Dean put the Templars in front with two. Kim Wilkey pulled the Hawks up with two from the line then Ken Pay and Cook added two quick baskets to give the Hawks a advantage Kim Wilkey went all the way for a slam dunk to put the Hawks up before Tyler Nielson put the Hawks back with two Wilkey drew his second foul which put Stephen Praithwaite on the line. He hit the back end of the two shot foul to pull within three of the Hawks. Trent Jorgensen, back in after a 16-1- 2 2 leg injury, tried a slam dunk which bounced off the rim Then Cook and Wilkey went to work to put the Hawks up 22-- 15 at halftime Jeff Benmon got a steal and two points for the Templars and then hit one from the line Back to back scoring by Cook and Jorgensen lead boosted the Hawks to a when the Templars called time out lb. HIS.') - The iyiamul - I.igr Five thriller ball away again and went in two more points to give the Hawks a lead Jorgensen drew his fourth foul which put Bennion on the line. He hit one then drew the assignment again on another Hawk violation and hit them both to bring the Templars up With 102 left Cook hit one from the line for the Hawks Bennion hit one from the line with 22 seconds left and Manti dropped in the last basket to end the encounter Cook lead the Hawk scoring with 20 followed by Wilkey with 11 Pay and Jorgensen each had four in the 38-3- 0 28-1- 8 to 39- - 36 iiiuan talk things over Squires and Rory Nielson came in shooting to bring the Templars to within six when Cook took the ball out of the Templars hands and scored two. Manti scored two more and the quarter ended with the Hawks on top Rory Nielson opened with two for Manti in the fourth quarter then Cook got another steal and two points to keep the Hawk lead at 32-- 26 39-3- 6 battle 30-2- The Hawks hit 9 from 13 from the line and hit 15 field goals Jelf Bennion topped the Templar scoring with 16 followed by Rory Nielson with 8 Stephen Braithwaite had six and Glen Squire, Kurt Dean and Tyler Nielson each had two. The Templars had eight of 15 from the line and hit 14 field from the field The Hawks and Templars are both in second place in the Region Ten Northern Division with records Richfield leads with a mark. However, Richfield lost to Emery in Braithwaite hit the first end of a one and one and Bennion missed on another try At the 3:54 mark the Coach Mike May score was called his Hawks over for a little talk and Wilkey came back in and hit two then Jorgensen added a couple more With 2:11 left Coach Wilburn Braithwaite called his Templars out for a little chat, but Cook ripped the 32-2- 9 1 0 a practice game Saturday night. Badgers split series; get ready for Dixie By Steve Peterson M- The Snow College basketball team split the weekend road trip, losing to Ricks College in Idaho on Friday night then, outscoring the Wolverines of Utah Technical College in Provo on Saturday night Dixie College beat the Tech on and dumped Ricks Friday to gain a lead in Saturday the ICAC. Snow and Ricks are while the Tech stands at This Friday night Snow has what could be the toughest, and the most important game of the season Dixie, with a 15-- overall record, is in command in the ICAC after two big road victories this past weekend. A win for the Rebels in Ephraim would make it nearly impossible for Snow to catch them to retain the conference crown Dixie's Averian Parrish is leading the conference in scoring with 23 ppg, and is tied with Snow's Greg Humphreys for most rebounds Snow leads in shooting percentages, both from the field and the foul line, but Dixie leads in defense, allowing an average of 64 points per game. "This is a must win for us. Dixie is ranked nationally, and favored to sweep the ICAC, but we feel that we can beat anyone on our home floor if we play our best," according to Coach Andersen Game time has been moved to 8:00 p m to accomodate the game in Manti the same 85-9- 114-9- North Sanpete's Ken Pay, no. 24, gets past Mantis Rory Nielson, no. 20, and helped pace the Hawks to a 6 win over the Templars here Friday night. 39-3- 8 100-9- 95-6- 8 0 0--2 Hawk grapplers 37-3- 4 Manti trip MT PLEASAN- T- Hawk grapplers won a big one against Manti Jan 9 at Manti with four w restlers w inning their matches and three matches won by forfeit, according to assistant Coach Dale Barker Wrestlers who won included Jason Slack, pin: Darren Walker, pin; Jason Sunderland, decision, and Greg Anderson, decision The Hawks also took fifth place in a nine team tournament Saturday, Jan 12 at Wayne narrowly edged two points by fourth place Manti. Three Hawks placed third and two 37-2- 4 that tournament Darren tourth in Walker. Jason Sunderland, and Greg Anderson took third place wuth fourth place honors going to Jason Slack and Blake Peterson Coach Richard Tree commented that the wrestlers did pretty good in the opening round but lost in the consolation matches, but that it was good wrestling experience. The grapplers will meet South Jan 17 , and an invitational tournament Friday at Juab Coach Tree is optimistic about the South Sevier matcher We have lieaten them consistently in tournaments," he said Sevier Thursday, participate in The Juab tournament was described by the coach as tough. Starting at 3 p m. other teams include, Juab, participating Springville. Orem, Emery, Moab, Lehi. and Duchesne The Hawks are still down in two weight classes due to injuries 1 Manti-Richfiel- d night Rexburg, Snow dropped behind in the first three minutes of play, and never could catch the In 14-- 4 Vikings. With ten minutes of play in the game, Snow cut the lead to six at missed two chances to make it four, and then fouled Ricks Randy Funk on a , putting Ricks up by nine Thats as close as the Badgers came Rhett Parsons, leading scorer lor Snow, had his worst game of the year vuth only six points and six turnovers Humphreys, who has been averaging 18 points per game, had only 12 Big Lance Scott, 7 foot 1 inch center was unstoppable, hitting 11 ol 14 from the field, and finishing vuth 26 points Brik Eyere played a consistent game of hustle and ended with 20 We didnt do the job we points needed to on defense, and on rebounding They (Ricks) had 10 more offensive boards than we did and that was the difference in the game," lamented Coach Larry Andersen after his first ICAC game Snow shot 51 percent from the field, and 85 percent from the line, but had only 36 rebounds to Ricks 47. Saturday night was a different story for the Badgers Snow jumped an early 12-- lead on the Tech in .their new gymnasium on the Orem campus Tech tried a full court press that , at leaving Snow up the half Snow went inside again on wasnt offense, when the working, and Scott scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half before he sat out with four fouls early in the second period Three Snow players scored in the 20's, Parsons with 21, Humphreys with 22, and Scott Horse Whetstone, with his career high of 21; Eyre had 18 Snow shot 56 percent from the field to UTCPs 47 percent High man for the Tech was Kelly Johnson with 20 home-tea- EPHRAI- 62-6- lay-up- Looking for help, North Sanpetes Scott Cook, no. 12, finds a way around two Manti defenders, Stephen Braithwaite, no. 44, and Kurt Dean, no. 12. The Hawk hustler made things happen Friday night when he stole a lot of balls away from the Templars and led North Sanpete's scoring with 20 points. The Hawks will host Grand on Friday while the Templars take on Richfield in Manti. 3 back-fired- 53-4- 3 fast-brea- k Lady Badgers topple Ricks EPHRAIM Coach Ann Brickers Lady Badgers split their road trip this weekend, with a big win in Rexburg Friday, but lost to UTCP Saturday night 81-6- 9 In Friday nights game Snow led but Ricks came at the half, back in the closing minutes to within one point at Annie Watson hit a key jumper from the top of the key, and Lori Miles iced two important foul shots to keep Snow ahead at the Joy Talbot made it buzzer Snow had five players in double figures: Lori Miles and Annie Watson with 12, Joy Talbot and Barbara Harris with 10, and Elise Ipson led with 13 points. Snow's record is now overall, in the WICAC. Next home and game is with Dixie on Friday at 5: 15 31-4- 65-6- 69-7- Snow College Hitting Camp, sponsored In Coach Mcc who Gardner, brought more than the 35 high school baseball plaxeis Law, Name bleak. Christmas the in Ephraim during spent three days the star third baseman for the Montreal Expos (he was traded from amt cona appearance made guest this Sox celebrity year) Chicago White ducted an afternoon session on hitting for the high school participants. brother to Iasi Vance is the son of former great pitcher Vern Law. and The Law. Varlin team. participants sears guard on the Snow basketball life time sports area of the actix ity center in the time of the most spent indoor where batting nets, pitching machines, and other special snow equipon the ol ment made it possible to hold a baseball camp with a loot and Fred coach Thompson, and Law, Gardner Roy with ground Along a o! line the ail lulling baseball coach Brad Hawkins taught The iirst annual Layton baseball. 69-7- 1 5 Volunteers wanted MORONI The North Sanpete Middle School PTA is in need of volunteers for their volunteer program, representative Glenda Seely reports. Volunteers are needed for testing in the math program, reading tutors for the H.O.O.S.T. Program, and a pianist to play for chorus classes. Anyone who is willing to help should contact Cheryl Madsen, or school principal, Dr. Brent Thorn at the Middle School, she said. MHS events MANTI The Manti High School calendar includes today, Jan Assembly second period; Class meeting in the auditorium following the assembly and Senior Class meeting in the library same time. Thursday, Jan 17, Girls basketalll at Moab and Friday, Jan. 18 Boys basketball with Richfield in Manti at 4:30 and 6:15 p.m.. Junior Mantis Kathleen Reeve, no. 25, goes up for two and North Sanpetes Lori Jackson is right behind her. The Varsity Templars downed the Hawks the Manti J V barely edged the Hawk JV 50-331-2- However, Greg Humpreys stuffs one over TVCC defender to pace the Badgers to a 9 but outseored Utah 9 win. The Badgers lost in Ricks Friday Dixie Snow will host Technical College in Provo on Saturday Friday at 8 p.m. 85-9- 93-7- 114-9- 15-- 1 |